Late Bronze Age III
Gold pendant in the form of a bull's head
Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze Age, when Syria and Egypt were the primary sources. These earrings are a Cypriot creation, an ornament in the form of a bull's head. L. 1 3/16 in. (3.1 cm)
Date
1400 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.3129
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3129, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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